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Elisapie Revisits Her Inuit Roots In 'The Ballad Of The Runaway Girl'

On her latest album, the Canadian singer explores the tension she feels between staying in the Inuit community of her birth and leaving it to pursue an artistic career.
Elisapie's latest album, <em>The Ballad of the Runaway Girl</em>,<em> </em>is out now.

At the northern tip of Quebec, tucked in a valley and hugging the ocean, is the Inuit community of Salluit where

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